Former NFL Player Seeks Reduction In Child Support
According to the AJC, former Denver Broncos running back Travis Henry appeared in DeKalb County Superior Court today to try and reduce one of his child support payments. The court denied his request. Henry has nine children by nine different women.
At the hearing, Henry’s attorney argued that his client’s $3,000-a-month payments to Jameshia Beacham, the mother of his 5-year-old son, should be reduced because Henry is no longer earning a paycheck in the National Football League. Henry is also awaiting prosecution on federal drug charges in Colorado. Obviously if Henry goes to prison, it will affect his ability to pay child support.
Henry offered Beacham a one-time payment of $100,000 to settle the case. Her attorney scoffed at the offer in court Thursday. Beacham’s attorney argued that Henry is unemployed by choice, and that he’s squandered the money he should have spent on supporting his children. Henry apparently made multiple cash withdrawals in the tens of thousands of dollars that he would not account for.
The problem with arguing that Henry squandered the money is it doesn’t matter - the money is gone. It will be time consuming and expensive for Beacham to try to trace the cash withdrawals. One way this problem could have been prevented is if an annuity had been set up when the child support was originally ordered. That would have protected both parties: Beacham from having to chase after Henry for not paying child support, and Henry from spending the money that should be paid for child support. Regardless, it’s unlikely that any income Henry can earn now will be sufficient to meet his support obligations for nine children. On the upside, at least Henry is trying to deal with the issue by modifying his support obligation, instead of just not paying and letting the payments due accrue.
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